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Bucks County Poets Laureate Details

Each Bucks County Poet Laureate receives a proclamation from the Bucks County Commissioners, a monetary award, and a reception at which the in-coming and out-going Poet Laureates read their original work.  Poet Laureate official duties include writing a poem to honor the recipient of the Bucks County Women’s History Month award and helping judge the Bucks County High School Student Poet of the Year.

Current Poet Laureate: Carly Volpe

Former Bucks County Poets Laureate:

  • 1977 Earl Mohn
  • 1978 Christopher Bursk
  • 1979 Judith Croxford
  • 1980 Stan Heim
  • 1981 Daniel Lusk
  • 1982 Julie Cooper-Fratrik
  • 1983 W.D. Ehrhart
  • 1984 Pamela M. Perkins-Frederick
  • 1985 Beverly Foss Stoughton
  • 1986 Deborah Stevens
  • 1987 Ellen Slack
  • 1988 Charles Mann
  • 1989 Cheryl Baldi
  • 1990 Mary Coolidge Cost
  • 1991 Hayden Saunier
  • 1992 Charles Munoz
  • 1993 Terence Culleton
  • 1994 Janet Poland
  • 1995 River Huston
  • 1996 Rachel Astarte Piccione
  • 1997 Sue Markley Okamoto
  • 1998 Kurt Krumpholz
  • 1999 Lynn Levin
  • 2000 Joseph A. Chelius
  • 2001 Allen Hoey
  • 2002 Luray Gross
  • 2003 Brian Lutz
  • 2004 Bill Wunder
  • 2005 Patricia Goodrich
  • 2006 Marie Kane
  • 2007 Marcia Kroll
  • 2008 Paula Raimondo
  • 2009 Bernadette McBride
  • 2010 Lorraine Henrie Lins
  • 2011 Corie Feiner
  • 2012 Lara Adams Gaydos
  • 2013 Alexa Gutter
  • 2014 Sandra Becker
  • 2015 Tyler Kline
  • 2016 Laren McClung
  • 2017 Katherine Falk

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215-968-8150
donna.schafer@bucks.edu

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Grupp Hall, Room 105

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